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Seeing Bali through the fisheries perspective

To most people in and outside Indonesia, Bali Island is mainly one of the most famous tourist destinations in the ...

US deeply regrets Wikileaks disclosure on The Age

The US Secretary of State has said the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was ...

Blast kills 8, injures dozens in eastern Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and several injured in a blast at a CNG station in the Pakistani eastern city of ...

Oil palm plantations must not harm protected forests

Oil palm estates in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan province, have been urged not to damage protected and ...

George Benson enchants fans in Java Jazz Festival

An American jazz musician, George Benson, enchanted his fans at the seventh Java Jazz Festival (JJF) 2011 at JIExpo ...

Planned satellite launching site raises environmental concerns

Conservationists at Enggano island, Bengkulu province, have raised concerns over Indonesia`s plan to build a new ...

Oil palm plantations not reducing Lake Sentarum fishermen`s income

The Kapuas Hulu district head in West Kalimantan has denied that the oil palm extensification program had a bad effect ...

Clerics emphasize peaceful nature of Islam

Islamic clerics and academics from various countries have emphasized in a seminar the peaceful nature of Islam as a ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...

China`s defence budget to rise 12.7% in 2011

China`s defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman ...

China buys 653 Indonesian National Standard Rights

China has bought as many as 653 user rights on Indonesia`s National Standard (SNI) system in anticipation of the ...

Javan rhinos breed at Ujung Kulon: WWF

Rare and endangered Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) are found to have bred calves in Ujung Kulon National Park, ...

Elephant in Tesa Nilo national park delivers baby

A Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) named Lisa gave birth to a baby elephant on Monday in the Tesa Nilo ...

Sumatran elephants in Bengkulu increasingly isolated

Tens of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus) living in limited production forests at the special function Elephant ...

Govt exempts food-related items from import duties to curb inflation

The government has decided to suspend import duties on food-related items until December 31, 2011, the latest in a ...